why hdb built housing on top of the graveyard??

• citymax

  21 Mar 07, 18:33

  i was wondering how come no one remove the remains of the dead before builting the high rise flats?
• MyPillowTalks

  21 Mar 07, 18:42

  cos if u stay within 1km wid parents or grandparents got subsidies ma.....
  
  they oso never specify whether dead or alive
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Mar 07, 18:44

  So that you can pray and ask for 4D and Toto numbers.
• allentyb

  21 Mar 07, 18:44

  
• Darkness_hacker99

  21 Mar 07, 18:45

  Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:

  cos if u stay within 1km wid parents or grandparents got subsidies ma.....
  
  they oso never specify whether dead or alive

  
• turbo_drift

  21 Mar 07, 18:46

  
• a-Lost-9uY

  21 Mar 07, 18:47

  easy access mah..as by going to basement one can visit ur ancestors
• citymax

  21 Mar 07, 18:49

  i got lots of crap comments but still very interesting. i juz wonder all the ghost stories we heard of are true anot, since "they' are so near to us...
• photo_seeker

  21 Mar 07, 20:41

  well... how sure that the land your block is sitting on isn't previously a graveyard? Singapore is a small countries with limited land..
• sbst275

  21 Mar 07, 20:42

  Even the popular Ngee Ann City, Mandrain Hotel and Cineleisure used to be a big cemetary
• toyota-corolla

  21 Mar 07, 21:26

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Even the popular Ngee Ann City, Mandrain Hotel and Cineleisure used to be a big cemetary

  
• GHoST_18

  21 Mar 07, 21:28

  Originally posted by toyota-corolla:

  

  did u realized the design of ngee ann city looks like a tomb...?
  
  
• sbst275

  21 Mar 07, 21:28

  Originally posted by toyota-corolla:

  

  That piece of land even incl the now Orchard MRT Station
• toyota-corolla

  21 Mar 07, 21:30

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  That piece of land even incl the now Orchard MRT Station

  this one i know.
  
  

  Originally posted by GHoST_18:

  did u realized the design of ngee ann city looks like a tomb...?
  
  

  this one i didnt notice.
• gaoxingdcf

  21 Mar 07, 21:48

  i can even bet that army camp are also built on them... That y got so much ghost stories abt army camps...
• pokkagreentea

  21 Mar 07, 21:53

  
  
  to save space mah. sg is such a practical country.
• jay_rocks

  21 Mar 07, 22:04

  or else built the graveyard on top of hdb?
• toyota-corolla

  21 Mar 07, 22:05

  Originally posted by jay_rocks:

  or else built the graveyard on top of hdb?

  that's a interesting idea!
• dahliamorie

  21 Mar 07, 22:06

  now graves also like houses like that mah. you want landed property, hdb or condo?
  
  same same lah.
• maxlee

  21 Mar 07, 22:18

  Kinda outdated with news. Sure that the bodies are still there before they built the hdb?
• pokkagreentea

  21 Mar 07, 22:21

  Originally posted by jay_rocks:

  or else built the graveyard on top of hdb?

  that's very eerie for ppl who live at the top floor.
• jay_rocks

  21 Mar 07, 22:23

  Originally posted by pokkagreentea:

  that's very eerie for ppl who live at the top floor.

  bei gui ya
• Xtrider

  21 Mar 07, 22:36

  Originally posted by jay_rocks:

  or else built the graveyard on top of hdb?

  later top floor ppl see human impression on the ceiling how?
  
  Or worse, the cement during building not dry got body parts stick out of ceiling how?
• mancha

  21 Mar 07, 23:06

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  So that you can pray and ask for 4D and Toto numbers.

  That's why in Singapore always got a few ppl strike jackpot most of the time.
  Other countries, got more ppl, and very difficult for even one person to strike jackpot.
• photo_seeker

  22 Mar 07, 00:51

  And also, most of the time exhumation is not 100% removal of the corpse.